In August of 1931 entertainment columns reported that Robert Williams had been injured in fall, requiring the recasting of his role in the film; Matt Moore took his place.
Midway through the film the principals are driving down Broadway, past the RKO Mayfair Theatre, prominent in the background--which just happens to be showing a recent RKO film, A Woman of Experience (1931), amidst an array of neon grandeur.
The ocean liner seen at the beginning of the film is the S.S. Leviathan. Built in 1914 in Germany, she was seized by the U.S. in 1917 when that country entered WWI. It served as a troopship during the war, with Humphrey Bogart among the crew. After the war is was acquired by the United States Lines, was completely refitted and resumed transatlantic passenger service in 1923. Never profitable due to Prohibition which made her a "dry" ship and the Great Depression, she was withdrawn for service in 1933 and finally sold for scrap in 1938.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in New York City Sunday 26 August 1956 on WOR (Channel 9); its strong trio of principal players overcame the problem of having been filmed a quarter century earlier and it first aired in Altoona Sunday 23 September 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Washington DC Friday 28 September 1956 on WTTG (Channel 5), in Philadelphia Wednesday 3 October 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Los Angeles Sunday 28 October 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), in Wilkes-Barre Friday 9 November 1956 on WILK (Channel 34), in San Francisco Friday 16 November 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), and in Memphis Sunday 18 November 1956 on WHBQ (Channel 13).
Carmel Myers was considered for the role of Elaine but, after a halt in production, Myrna Loy was cast in that role instead.
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